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kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Ladies and Djentleman, Welcome...



...to a game of mafia for 15 players based on the musical stylings of progressive metal giants
Periphery!



Everyone will receive a song as their role, which will be played in the event of their (un)fortunate demise.

Note: No knowledge or appreciation of any of the material will be necessary for the game. You can totally ignore any of the song links and be perfectly fine, they're mostly for my own amusement!

Also the game is :siren: Role Madness :siren: so everyone will have a role! It should still be roughly balanced despite all the roles.

Rules:
- Majority lynches, not plurality, which could result in a no-lynch day
- Do not edit your posts
- Do not break any of the Standard Mafia Rules. (Quoting mod PMs, faking day actions, etc)
- The SA Forum Rules still (mostly) apply. Remember that.
- Days will be approximately 72 hours for the first 2 days, and 48 hours thereafter, ending at 10:00pm EST (Saturday/Sunday I will count as one 24 hour period.)
- Any posts after the deadline, as measured by SA Forum Time, will not be counted
- Nights should be no more than 24 hours. I will try my best to get through nights as quickly as possible; as soon as I resolve all night actions, I will start the following day.
- Try not to post after the hammer. I can check the thread relatively often, and if one happens early I can even check at work, but I cannot be on 24/7. Please try and respect that.
- To format your vote, type ""##vote targetName"" in bold ( [ b ] to bold, without the spaces, [ /b ] to close tags).
- You may use ""##unvote"" (again in bold) if you wish to remove your current vote without yet placing it on someone else.
- Try to be active, or you may be prodded. After 48 hours of no posting, don't be surprised if you're replaced.
- DO NOT EDIT YOUR POSTS
- Flavor is based on the lyrics of the song you are assigned, so consequently flavor is at least loosely associated to your role. Reveal at your own peril.
- It's a game, but it's a game about lying and deception. Relax, have fun, and don't get butthurt!

:siren:There will likely be roles, or variations of roles, in this game that you may not have seen before. If you don't like those, it's possible you may not like this game. Check out my past games Lizards, Breakfast Food Showdown, Goonfest!, and Goonfest 2! for an idea of past roles and hyjinx. While there may be some unconventional roles, newbies are still welcome to play!:siren:



Players:
  1. AnonymousNarcotics
  2. CapitalistPig Killed N4!
  3. Cardinal Ximenez Lynched D2!
  4. Chic Trombone Lynched D4!
  5. Ernie. Modkilled N3!
  6. Good Sir Asiina Killed N2!
  7. King Burgundy
  8. Magnus Gallant Killed N2!
  9. MC Eating Disorder
  10. MEDS CURE SCHIZOS Lynched D3!
  11. MiltonSlavemasta
  12. Opopanax
  13. Rurea Killed N3!
  14. Somberbrero Hammered D1!
  15. The Ninth Layer Killed N1!

Important Links:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

kumba fucked around with this message at 13:55 on Mar 17, 2015

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kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy

MiltonSlavemasta posted:

I never play Mafia and have never heard of this band. I'm in.

That's the spirit.

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy
Because I totally forgot to specify, I've updated the OP to let you know that this game is :siren: Role Madness :siren: but actually balanced pretty well I think. Everyone will have a role of some kind!

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Rurea posted:

I'm in kumba. Give me the best role ty ty

ok done you are the miller reverse death miller jester, good luck

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Speaking of which, invite your friends and stuff

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Long time no see Cardinal. Welcome back! Just about halfway there.

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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youre a good man

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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60% there, at this rate the game will start sometime in 2017

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

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CapitalistPig posted:

I will do it, on the condition that you join el dorado 2 when I bring it out.

:getin:

:agreed:

assuming i am dead in at least one of the games i'm currently alive in by then which should definitely be the case

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

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Chic Trombone posted:

I have never heard of this band but I will play this game

it's okay most people probably haven't!

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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*bump*

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

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You can be any of the Village People

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

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ernie is now all of the village people combined

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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AnonymousNarcotics posted:

I did say I'd join if one of games ended so here I am!

2 more to gooooooo

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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nope, 1 more now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

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done!

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Ok PMs are going out shortly, locking thread til I get done with this. Stay tuned!

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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:siren: You should all have roles. If you didn't receive a role, please let me know!! :siren:

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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"Somewhere in time...
We welcomed in the fall. But in the distance we can see, shining clear, our demise to be...

We're not listening to ourselves."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i8IUm08DAk

Day 1 has begun!

kumba fucked around with this message at 04:43 on Mar 5, 2015

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Oops, that should say 10pm!!

Votecount for Day 1



Not Voting (15): AnonymousNarcotics, CapitalistPig, Cardinal Ximenez, Chic Trombone, Ernie., Good Sir, King Burgundy, Magnus Gallant, MC Eating Disorder, MEDS CURE SCHIZOS, MiltonSlavemasta, Opopanax, Rurea, Somberbrero, The Ninth Layer

With 15 alive, it's 8 votes to lynch. The current deadline is March 08th, 2015 at 10 p.m. EDT -- that's in about 3 days, 22 hours.

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUeWJjZB_nQ

"Staring at the hourglass, my life, it feels like a machine
Running with no direction
Watching time as it draws a perception obscene”

Somberbrero, Scum-aligned Watcher, has been played to death Day 1!

Ability: You have been given the gift of sight, allowing you to watch targets from afar. Each night, you may target a player to watch them. You will receive a list of players who also visit that target, but will not see what actions they perform. You may target yourself, however you cannot target the same target two nights in a row.

It is now Night 1. Night actions please!

kumba fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Mar 11, 2015

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Lipstick Apathy
:siren:D2 will open sometime early afternoon tomorrow as I have folks unexpectedly in from out of town, and some of you are slow. This will not happen again, so get your poo poo in ASAP!:siren:

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy
"Stop bleeding on the inside, we are alive,
And it's more than enough to paint the walls that are white.
Can we show the ones who are blind?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MQiuc06jIU

The Ninth Layer, Town-aligned Confirmed Tracker Mason, has been ripped apart Night 1!

Ability: You are one half of a whole - the Omega to the Alpha. Together, you can see what others cannot. You have a confirmed town mason pal, {REDACTED}, and you can communicate in a mason doc located {REDACTED}
Each night, one of you can target a player to track them to their destination. You will receive the target(s) they visit, if any.
{REDACTED}

Win Condition: You win once all threats to the town have been eliminated.

It is now Day 2.

kumba fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Mar 11, 2015

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Asiina replaces Good Sir!

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy
Votecount for Day 2

Cardinal Ximenez (7): Rurea, Chic Trombone, Rurea, Asiina, MC Eating Disorder, MEDS CURE SCHIZOS, Magnus Gallant, Rurea, CapitalistPig
MEDS CURE SCHIZOS (2): King Burgundy, Cardinal Ximenez
Ernie. (1): CapitalistPig, Rurea, Magnus Gallant, Magnus Gallant, Rurea, Opopanax, CapitalistPig
Magnus Gallant (1): Ernie., MEDS CURE SCHIZOS, MEDS CURE SCHIZOS
MC Eating Disorder (0): King Burgundy, King Burgundy
Rurea (0): King Burgundy, Cardinal Ximenez, MiltonSlavemasta, King Burgundy, MiltonSlavemasta, MEDS CURE SCHIZOS, MEDS CURE SCHIZOS, Cardinal Ximenez
Chic Trombone (0): Magnus Gallant, Magnus Gallant

Not Voting (2): AnonymousNarcotics, MiltonSlavemasta

With 13 alive, it's 7 votes to lynch. The current deadline is March 10th, 2015 at 10 p.m. EDT -- that's in about 12 minutes.

:redhammer:

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy
"You can't erase the way I'm unappreciated
But I can't sleep tonight
Embrace of the drink
Be hollow, swallow the pain"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATNTvp8Y8D0

Cardinal Ximenez, Town-aligned Messenger, has been played to death Day 2!

Ability: You can’t sleep, and just want to talk to someone. Each night, you may send an anonymous message to any player. Send me a PM containing the name of the player and the message, and I will forward it on. Do NOT send your message directly to your intended target.

Win Condition: You win once all threats to the town have been eliminated.

It is now Night 2. Actions please! The quicker they're in, the quicker the next day will begin!

kumba fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Mar 11, 2015

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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:siren: I updated the OP with flips, important links, and also went back and provided a brief description in each of the flips for clarity. Some information may have been left out. Still N2! :siren:

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy
"Stop bleeding on the inside, we are alive
And it's more than enough to paint the walls that are white
Can we show the ones who are blind?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BFadGJ3Kc

Asiina, Town-aligned Confirmed Tracker Mason, has been ripped apart Night 2!

Ability: You are one half of a whole - the Alpha to the Omega. Together, you can see what others cannot. You have a confirmed town mason pal, {REDACTED}, and you can communicate in a mason doc located {REDACTED}
Each night, one of you can target a player to track them to their destination. You will receive the target(s) they visit, if any.
{REDACTED}

Win Condition: You win once all threats to the town have been eliminated.

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"Isolate the answers, truth from lies
Loss of faith
The path unravels before me

Will someone for once step back
And gaze upon the world through my eyes?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC6sLtqO4C8

Magnus Gallant, Town-aligned Seer, has been torn to shreds Night 2!

Ability: You have the ability to decipher truth from lie, though unfortunately you must do it vicariously through another. Each night, you may target two players and perform a cop investigation. Your first target will receive, via an anonymous source, a message containing the alignment of your second target. You will not receive this information yourself. Your first target cannot be yourself, though your second target can be yourself if you wish.

Win Condition: You win once all threats to the town have been eliminated.

It is now Day 3!

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy
"We'll put the lights out and bend to their knees
Ignite the flames and burn with rage
Shots fired and I've got a loving reason
To suffocate when the breath leads to treason
Cut the ties
Collect whats mine
Burn everything and feed the loving ground"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQI_S_tJGMU

MEDS CURE SCHIZOS, Self-Aligned Semi-Bulletproof Rolecopping Odd-Night Compulsive Serial Killer, has been played to death Day 3!

Ability: You are death incarnate, wishing for nothing but destruction upon everyone. On odd-numbered nights, you must select a player to attempt to kill, and you are bulletproof on these nights. To aid you in picking targets, on even-numbered nights, you gain the ability to rolecop players to discover their role, however you lose your bulletproof passive these nights.

Win Condition: You win once you are the only player left alive.

It is now Night 3. Actions please!

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy
:siren: Because Ernie is an honest gentleman and scholar (and also kind of a dingus), in the interest of fairness he has requested he be killed due to accidentally posting about this game in another game. :siren:

"Life is ruthless and shot full of pain,
It lifts you up, leaves you out in the rain, and it hurts just to know that you're not coming back again.
I will miss you my friend!
Memories like a slug to the brain, paint the walls that with a love that will stain the darkest of nights!
You left to join with the stars and I cannot shake this off my chest.

Suddenly I can feel the connection between dimension ties.
Open gut on the floor.
Trembling down to the core.
What is this?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz3E_JNW4oU

Ernie., Town-Aligned Forensic Amateur, has been modkilled Night 3!

Ability: You’ve suffered a horrible loss of a friend, and have suddenly gained insight into death. Each night, you may target the corpse of a dead player. You will receive a list of actions performed against the player throughout the course of the game, however you will not know who performed these actions.

Win Condition: You win once all threats to the town have been eliminated.

Night 3 continues.

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy
"As the water beads upon the window
Turn the sad song up on the radio
Will the voices haunt when the flesh moves on
And the clouds block out the rays

When the feeling hangs upon a halo
I can only try my best just to let it go
The fault with me is a memory
And the things I have to say"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEygCZ4LrEA

Rurea, Town-aligned Copycat, has been ripped apart Night 3!

Ability: The voices in your head cause you to remember everything you see. You can use this knowledge to copy the abilities of fallen players. Each night, you can copy the ability of a player who has died, using their night action as you wish. Each dead person’s action can only be copied once. There are some abilities you cannot copy (including, but not limited to, killing roles), though some roles may be able to be partially copied. Ask me for clarification if needed.

Win Condition: You win once all threats to the town have been eliminated.

It is now Day 4!

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy
Sorry about the delay, I was asleep!!

------------------------

"Silence is bringing on the heart attack
Pushing and pulling going on within my brain says
To lay low
(To lay low)

"Dead end, the darkness latches on now I am
A product of a mind that was never mine and now it says
Kill them slow
(Kill them slow)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRBkVp_bB_E

Chic Trombone, Self-Aligned Semi-Bulletproof Rolecopping Even-Night Compulsive Serial Killer, has been played to death Day 4!

Ability: The voices in your head are telling you one thing: kill. On even-numbered nights, you must select a player to attempt to kill, and you are bulletproof on these nights. To aid you in picking targets, on odd-numbered nights, you gain the ability to rolecop players to discover their role. however you lose your bulletproof passive these nights.

Win Condition: You win once you are the only player left alive.

It is now Night 4!

kumba fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Mar 17, 2015

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy
"Hear temptation, take the sky for all to see
Sheer elation to write in history
I'm neither angel nor a demon spawn
Though some will call me god
Gravity is just a feeble plot
When I said I'd never kneel again
What I really meant
Was loving pull the pin because time is spent"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfOnq-zXXBw

CapitalistPig, Town-Aligned Hammerer, has been ripped apart Night 4!

Ability: You want to show off, you want to be remembered, you want to be seen as a God. Once during the game, you may kill a player who has at least half the votes necessary to be lynched (i.e. with 11 players, 6 votes are necessary for a lynch. If someone gets 3 votes, you may hammer them). Use your ability by using ##hammer in thread (and please shoot me a PM so I know I need to take action). You must use this ability within the first 3 game days, or it will be forfeit. Your hammer ends the day when used.

Win Condition: You win once all threats to the town have been eliminated.

It is now Day 5!

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride

Lipstick Apathy
“Reverse what's lost, awake the song within you.
Rejoice aloud. Let these words imbue.
Shape the future.
Sifting power back in the hands of the common man.
Give them hell for existence.
Pouring blood on the path they've set in stone,
as we reclaim our position to the throne.
Yes, we reduce them all to bones!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spCmStMOiHE

Opopanax, Town-aligned Empowerer, has been played to death Day 5!

Ability: You’re here to ensure the evildoers are put in their place, bringing power back to those who rightly deserve it. Each night, target a player to empower them, protecting them from being roleblocked. You cannot target yourself.

Win Condition: You win once all threats to the town have been eliminated.

AnonymousNarcostics, Town-aligned Jailer and MiltonSlaveMasta, Town-aligned Motivator have been end-gamed!

MC Eating Disorder, Scum-aligned Puppet Master and King Burgundy, Scum-aligned Ninjuggernaut, have ended the game victorious!


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kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Thank you all for playing!! This game was experimental in nature given the number of non-town (5/15), however the alternating kills from the SKs + number of town PRs, investigative or otherwise, shifted the balance such that it was roughly even in terms of variance. The theme of the game was a rough duality, in that most of the roles were part of a pair of sorts:

Even/Odd-Night SKs
Tracker Masons/Watcher
Messenger/Seer (both sending anonymous messages)
Copycat/Forensic Amateur (both able to visit dead people)
Empowerer/Motivator (both allowing other folks to do things they normally shouldn't)
Puppet Master/Jailer (both roleblocks + one additional trait)
Ninjuggernaut (dual with itself - able to either bypass the 2 BPs/Jailer or ignore the Trackers/Forensic Amateur, but not both)

Really the only one that didn't fit the above was Hammerer, and I wanted the Town to have 1 killing ability that wouldn't automatically put them in a bad position - had it been a vig and the day didn't end, the variance would have been too great IMO.

As a mod this was an incredibly fun setup to watch. I welcome feedback on the setup, and I hope you all enjoyed playing :)

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Opopanax posted:

So what happened N1?

They tried to Ninja kill Betrayer who was BP on Odd-nights

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Also because I hadn't said it before, I wanted to apologize for Somber. The hammer on Somber on D1 was actually not legitimate, as Good Sir pointed out to me before I had to replace him.

One of the votes on Somber was from this post:

Good Sir posted:

WHAT ARE YOU SO PARANOID AND WEIRD ABOUT, HUH? HUUUUUHHHHHHHH?

##vote MC

Someone aliased MC -> Somber and I didn't even think to check that before posting it. I don't think it would have actually had an appreciable difference on the game because I think he would have gotten 4 votes anyway, but whoever did that, seriously shame on you because that's hosed up.

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Chic Trombone posted:

I cannot BELIEVE that I handed ya'll a scum and you didn't dunk 'em. I mean I know I wasn't town but I was still a rolecop ya'll!!

This. I am flabbergasted that KB lived even through that day, let alone 2.

kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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AnonymousNarcotics posted:

Everyone check out this awesome music video that was my flavor


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUltTV3t4OM

I am glad you enjoyed it. That video is stellar.

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kumba
Nov 8, 2003

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

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Scarlet is actually about how mustard is better than ketchup.

"so many reasons for one to never entertain the taste of the red"

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